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View all search resultsIndonesia seeks strong UN oversight for Gaza peacekeeping
Much remains uncertain over the future of Gaza’s peacekeeping plan, with details on troop contributions and operational rules still in flux despite Washington’s active diplomacy in promoting its plans.
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Displaced Palestinian children wave the Palestinian national flag as he stands on the rubble of a destroyed building at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sept. 22, 2025. (AFP/Eyad Baba)
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ndonesia has seen only a preliminary “draft zero” of the proposed United Nations peacekeeping plan for Gaza, Foreign Minister Sugiono said, noting that key operational details remain unresolved as the United States continues to circulate its own draft resolution among UN Security Council (UNSC) members and regional allies.
Indonesia, which has offered to contribute up to 20,000 personnel, the largest among potential participants, stands ready to deploy its troops to Gaza, the minister said. Coordination with Arab and Muslim countries is ongoing, he added, but any deployment must rest on what Jakarta calls a “super comprehensive” UN mandate.
“Discussions in Istanbul focused on details, implementation, and modalities of the Gaza peacekeeping mission, but above all on the need for an official, impartial UN mandate,” Sugiono told reporters in Jakarta last week following his meeting with counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
“We also discussed [the US’] resolution, and since each country had its own view, the draft remains at a very preliminary stage, a draft zero,” he continued.
Much remains uncertain over the future of Gaza’s peacekeeping plan, with details on troop contributions and operational rules still in flux despite Washington’s active diplomacy in promoting its plans.
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